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Sooo I'm coming for a quick london visit, and seeing as everyone on here is English (topical!) it would be great to get some recommendations about cool places to check out, gigs that you know of and your favorite music shops. The last time I was here was in 2005 so I guess things have changed a bit...
Thanks in advance!

Are playing on the 9th at King's Place with Bill Wells and some other people.
And they're doing like a two residence day thingee at Cafe Oto, the two days previous to that.
Monroe Transfer and some other bands are doing a free afternoon gig at the ICA on the 7th.
And I don't know that much about anything else.